May 23, 2008

I never look at astrology. Too much BS involved. Apparently the noted editor of Skeptic magazine, Michael Shermer, had the same problem.

To help resolve his issues with astrology, Shermer invites Jeffry Armstrong to take a few tests. Armstrong is a practitioner of something called "vedic astrology", said to be more accurate than the everyday readings one finds in the newspaper.

In the first test, Armstrong reads for an executive and makes an impressive enough showing to continue into the next phase. Now, it gets interesting.

He's given 9 names along with the dates of birth. His readings are 77% accurate. This is after Shermer reveals that he's thrown Armstrong a curve ball.

Unknown to anyone but Shermer, two of the readings are swapped between subjects. The accuracy rate drops precipitously for these two, until the swap is corrected. The accuracy rate for the two then climbs past 90%.

Intriguing.

Thu, 22 May 2008 23:31:20

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